Endocrine System

__________ influences bone and calcium metabolism;  maintains a homeostasis of calcium in the blood plasma 

• norepinephrine

• serotonin

• calcitonin

• melatonin

Function of adrenal glands:

• produces hormones that control BSL (blood sugar level)
• control female characteristics and menstrual cycle
• control male characteristics and sperm production
• help prepare the body for stress

The pancreas is a gland that is

• endocrine and part exocrine
• control blood pressure
• help prepare the body for stress
• control blood pressure

Which of the following anterior pituitary hormones stimulates Cortisol production?

• Adrenocorticotropic hormone
• Insulin like growth factors
• Luteinizing hormone
• Prolactin

This is label C on the diagram.

• hypothalmus

• adrenal

• pituitary

• thymus

If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:

• keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
• decrease body temperature
• increase body temperature
• regulate blood pressure

Which of the following anterior pituitary hormones stimulates growth of long bones?

• Prolactin
• Thyrotropin
• Adrenocorticotropic hormone
• Human growth hormone

Pineal gland – 

• produces a hormone (melatonin) that helps you go to sleep
• produces a hormone that stimulates the immune response in children
• hormone that increases blood
• decreases bone calcium levels

The response to stress is called

• Stay or Stray Response

• Fight or Stay Response

• Flee or Stray Response

• Fight or Flight Response

_________is a gonadotropic hormone. it stiimulates the growth of ovaries in females and of sperm in males.

• Prolactin-stimulating hormone

• melatonin-stimulating hormone

• thyroid-stimulating hormone

• Follicle-stimulating hormone